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  • On the post: Hacked Recap

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2009 @ 09:30am

    My SQL Injection

    INSERT INTO SEND_TO_PRISON (SELECT * FROM TECHDIRT_HACKERS WHERE SUCCESS = TRUE);
    COMMIT;

    That, of course, is the Oracle SQL syntax; for SQL Server and Sybase (Transact-SQL) follow that by GO; rather than COMMIT; :-)

  • On the post: Finnish Courts: Man Who Shared 150 Albums Owes 3,000 Euros

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2009 @ 02:26pm

    Re:

    There wasn't any of that kind of evidence presented in the US truals, either. The RIAA, for example, was never compelled to prove that anyone downloaded the songs Thomas shared, nor did they have to show any financial loss. The sharing itself was the crime (well, to the RIAA and the numbskull jury it was, at least).

  • On the post: Hollywood's War With Redbox Expanding To Netflix As Well?

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2009 @ 12:22pm

    Re: Does everyone pay a cut?

    Yes... when the Universal Studios Home Entertainment vs. Redbox issue erupted last year, it was disclosed that the studios do, in fact, have a so-called "revenue-sharing" agreement with Blockbuster. So now you can ome upmwith your own conspiracy theory... Blockbuster is colluding with the studios to stifle the competition, to avoid having its brick & mortar stores close. Nobody that I know of has yet pointed to Blockbuster as a reason for this happening; maybe their agreement with the studios has a clause that the studios will prevent any other entity from renting DVDs to the detriment of Blockbuster.

  • On the post: Southeastern Conference Wants To 'Control Memories' Of Sporting Events; Limits Reporters & Fans

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2009 @ 08:43am

    Genetics?

    Southeastern Conference... are the people running this organization by any chance the offspring of first cousins marrying?

  • On the post: Fox The Latest Studio To Declare War On Redbox

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2009 @ 12:35pm

    Murdoch?

    Isn't 20th Century Fox also a Murdoch property, or is it just the Fox television networks? If he has a hand in it, it's a pretty good explanation. Guy is a megalomaniac.

  • On the post: Catholic Archbishop Apparently Not A Fan Of Social Networking

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2009 @ 09:17am

    Interesting... they called him a liberal!

    Looking at the announcement last April that Nichols was slated to become the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, he was described as a "liberal" and that the conservative Catholics there were disappointed that the Pope didn't appoint a "dynamic conservative outsider" to the post. Liberal? Maybe relative to the 1950's, but certainly not liberal by today's standards.

  • On the post: Sued Over Twitter Message? Can You Defame Someone In 140 Characters Or Less?

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2009 @ 01:31pm

    It's not like their rents are cheap either!

    If you look at their site, http://www.horizonrealtygroup.com, you'll see that they're not renting out cheap flats either! $750/month for a studio apartment isn't peanuts... a 2 BR in the same building goes for an astounding $1,525/month. If I paid that kind of price and saw one little spot of mold, I'd be POd too!

    I also have to wonder... just how did this company find the woman's Tweet? Do they scour the social networking sites to see if anyone complains? If so, sounds like a guilty conscience on Horizon's part.

  • On the post: Sued Over Twitter Message? Can You Defame Someone In 140 Characters Or Less?

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2009 @ 12:37pm

    That pretty much sums it up...

    Do we start spelling it Whorizon Group instead? Why on earth would ANY self-respecting company, no matter how sleazy or scummy they were, admit openly that they are a "sue first, ask questions later" kind of company? Speaks volumes for their integrity, doesn't it? Preerving a good reputation? If they had one before, they sure don't anymore!

  • On the post: Will Apple Allow Spotify On The iPhone?

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2009 @ 09:17am

    No US Licensing Agreements... of course

    If a US user goes to spotify.com, you'll be greeted by the news that there are no licensing agreements in the US. This is not, of course, a surprise... I'm sure the badass RIAA woul do its damnest to shut Spotify down in an instant. Gotta love poli.tica;ly-connected, deep pocket organizations like that!

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:17am

    Re: @jimsin630

    Um... websubscriptions.com is ALSO a squatting site!

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:14am

    Re: Re: Amazon is at fault on three fronts

    I'm not sure that they did... I remember reading something about their remote "kill" ability around the same time it came out that Apple can remotely remove App Store applications from everyone's iPhone without their knowledge.

  • On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:12am

    The USPS shpuld settle

    As far as I'm concerned, the USPS should offer to settle for $1,000,000 to be paid in stamps... not those "Forever Stamps" either... 1 cent stamps... 100,000,000 One Cent stamps!

  • On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:09am

    Re: you don't get it because you don't want to

    Wow... better not take pictures of the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, etc. anymore. Your argument is totally off base on 2 counts... first, if this sculptor wanted full control over his work, display it in a gallery, do not donate it to a memorial. And, how does a photo of his work infringe on his copyright (if, in fact, he has one)? This is fair use, transformative, and his suit is without merit.

  • On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:05am

    Re: "Copyright"

    But how does this relate to the USPS using a picture of the statue? First, the memorial is public... second, the statue itself was not duplicated. It's not at all like your photo or Rowell's image. It would be the same if I made a sculpture using a photo I found of, say, a bird... would the original photographer of that bird be entitled to a portion of the profit for MY creative work just because I used their photo as a model. I don't think so.

  • On the post: Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 11:01am

    Look out...

    He's probably lurking in the bushes bear the Memorial right now ready to slap a lawsuit on amy tourist who dares take a picture of HIS sculpture. Sounds like he inhaled WAY too much dust during his sculpting!

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 05:53pm

    Whoops

    Title for my first post should have been "Amazon is at fault on TWO fronts". My bad!

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 05:52pm

    Amazon is at fault on fronts

    First, Amazon should never have deleted purchased content; I can see privacy issues being raised even now by the ACLU, since it's no different than, say, Microsoft going onto your PC and deleting your copy of Word because you're still running Word 2003 and they insist you can onl;y run Word 2007 now.

    But... Amazon should NEVER have signed any distribution agreements with any publisher that insisted on the "kill switch". MobuleReference should have been told to go to hell.

    Unfortunately, like with the Authors' Guild being able to bully Amazon into allowing the text-to-speech ability to be disabled at the whim of an author, Amazon and its legal team have shown themselves to be absolutely, totally spineless. Consumer be damned... our partners are more important.

  • On the post: Hulu Admits: Content Companies Boxee'd The PS3 Too

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2009 @ 05:47pm

    It won't stop until...

    ...all Hulu content is only available if you pay for it, either directly or by subscribing to Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, etc. The cable companies, whether they will admit it or not, indirectly exert great influence on content providers because the providers feel they need the cable companies to distribute their content. So, if, for example, Comcast tells a provider to jump, they jump, and now that more content providers are in bed with Comcast with the OnDemand Anywhere experiment, it's only going t get worse.

  • On the post: Apple Does As Many Expected: Kills Palm Pre iTunes Syncing

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2009 @ 03:10pm

    Breaking a product?

    Apple didn't break the Pre, it "fixed" iTunes. If you look at the big picture, what's the difference between that and the Zune Store or Windows Media Player not syncing with the iPod or iPhone? Yes, Apple is being pissy... if they could see past the end of Steve Jobs' nose, they would recognize that allowing non-Apple devices to sync with iTunes simply broadens the market for their now-DRM-free music.

    Unless maybe there is a deeper, unspoken reason, like the "always caring" music labels insisting that, in exchane for Apple stripping off the DRM, ONLY Apple devices can have access to it. We all know how "user friendly" the music labels and the RIAA are!

  • On the post: Pandora: If We're Getting Taxed So Heavily By SoundExchange, Radio Should Be Too

    mjb5406 ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2009 @ 01:42pm

    Reverse Psychology?

    Maybe their thinking is that radio, with its buge audience and deeper pockets, could fight such a ta and, as a result, point out that webcasting should also be exempt. I know... I'm playing devil's advocate, but it could be true. What's wrong with trying to leverage someone else's lawyers for your own purposes?

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